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         <div class="label">107</div><div class="ms"><span class="heading">BOOK V</span></div><div class="mr"><span class="heading">Psalms 107&#8211;150</span></div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 107</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, for he is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"><span class="content">his love endures forever.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.107.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let the redeemed of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> tell their story&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"><span class="content">those he redeemed from the hand of the foe,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.107.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">those he gathered from the lands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"><span class="content">from east and west, from north and south.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">107:3 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">north and the sea</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.107.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Some wandered in desert wastelands,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"><span class="content">finding no way to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.107.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They were hungry and thirsty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"><span class="content">and their lives ebbed away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.107.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"><span class="content">and he delivered them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.107.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He led them by a straight way</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"><span class="content">to a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.107.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.107.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">for he satisfies the thirsty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"><span class="content">and fills the hungry with good things.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.107.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Some sat in darkness, in utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"><span class="content">prisoners suffering in iron chains,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.107.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">because they rebelled against God&#8217;s commands</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"><span class="content">and despised the plans of the Most High.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.107.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">So he subjected them to bitter labor;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"><span class="content">they stumbled, and there was no one to help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.107.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.107.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">He brought them out of darkness, the utter darkness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"><span class="content">and broke away their chains.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.107.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.107.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">for he breaks down gates of bronze</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"><span class="content">and cuts through bars of iron.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.107.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Some became fools through their rebellious ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"><span class="content">and suffered affliction because of their iniquities.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.107.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">They loathed all food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"><span class="content">and drew near the gates of death.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.107.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Then they cried to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"><span class="content">and he saved them from their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.107.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">He sent out his word and healed them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"><span class="content">he rescued them from the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.107.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.107.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Let them sacrifice thank offerings</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"><span class="content">and tell of his works with songs of joy.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.107.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Some went out on the sea in ships;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"><span class="content">they were merchants on the mighty waters.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.107.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They saw the works of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"><span class="content">his wonderful deeds in the deep.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.107.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">For he spoke and stirred up a tempest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"><span class="content">that lifted high the waves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.107.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">They mounted up to the heavens and went down to the depths;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"><span class="content">in their peril their courage melted away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.107.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">They reeled and staggered like drunkards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"><span class="content">they were at their wits&#8217; end.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.107.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Then they cried out to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> in their trouble,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"><span class="content">and he brought them out of their distress.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.107.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">He stilled the storm to a whisper;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"><span class="content">the waves of the sea</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">107:29 </span><span class="ft">Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">/ their waves</span></span></span><span class="content"> were hushed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.107.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">They were glad when it grew calm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"><span class="content">and he guided them to their desired haven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.107.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Let them give thanks to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> for his unfailing love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"><span class="content">and his wonderful deeds for mankind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.107.31"></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"><span class="content">and praise him in the council of the elders.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="PSA.107.32"></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">He turned rivers into a desert,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"><span class="content">flowing springs into thirsty ground,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="PSA.107.33"></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">and fruitful land into a salt waste,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"><span class="content">because of the wickedness of those who lived there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="PSA.107.34"></span><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="label">35</span><span class="content">He turned the desert into pools of water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"><span class="content">and the parched ground into flowing springs;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v35" data-usfm="PSA.107.35"></span><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="label">36</span><span class="content">there he brought the hungry to live,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"><span class="content">and they founded a city where they could settle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v36" data-usfm="PSA.107.36"></span><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="label">37</span><span class="content">They sowed fields and planted vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"><span class="content">that yielded a fruitful harvest;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v37" data-usfm="PSA.107.37"></span><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="label">38</span><span class="content">he blessed them, and their numbers greatly increased,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"><span class="content">and he did not let their herds diminish.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v38" data-usfm="PSA.107.38"></span><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="label">39</span><span class="content">Then their numbers decreased, and they were humbled</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"><span class="content">by oppression, calamity and sorrow;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v39" data-usfm="PSA.107.39"></span><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="label">40</span><span class="content">he who pours contempt on nobles</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"><span class="content">made them wander in a trackless waste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v40" data-usfm="PSA.107.40"></span><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="label">41</span><span class="content">But he lifted the needy out of their affliction</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"><span class="content">and increased their families like flocks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v41" data-usfm="PSA.107.41"></span><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="label">42</span><span class="content">The upright see and rejoice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"><span class="content">but all the wicked shut their mouths.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v42" data-usfm="PSA.107.42"></span><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="label">43</span><span class="content">Let the one who is wise heed these things</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v43" data-usfm="PSA.107.43"><span class="content">and ponder the loving deeds of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">108</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 108</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 108:1-13 is numbered 108:2-14.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">A song. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.108.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My heart, O God, is steadfast;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.108.1"><span class="content">I will sing and make music with all my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.108.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.108.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Awake, harp and lyre!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.108.2"><span class="content">I will awaken the dawn.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.108.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.108.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I will praise you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, among the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.108.3"><span class="content">I will sing of you among the peoples.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.108.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.108.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">For great is your love, higher than the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.108.4"><span class="content">your faithfulness reaches to the skies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.108.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.108.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Be exalted, O God, above the heavens;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.108.5"><span class="content">let your glory be over all the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.108.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.108.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.108.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Save us and help us with your right hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.108.6"><span class="content">that those you love may be delivered.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.108.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.108.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">God has spoken from his sanctuary:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.108.7"><span class="content">&#8220;In triumph I will parcel out Shechem</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.108.7"><span class="content">and measure off the Valley of Sukkoth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.108.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.108.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.108.8"><span class="content">Ephraim is my helmet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.108.8"><span class="content">Judah is my scepter.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.108.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.108.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Moab is my washbasin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.108.9"><span class="content">on Edom I toss my sandal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.108.9"><span class="content">over Philistia I shout in triumph.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.108.9"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.108.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.108.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who will bring me to the fortified city?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.108.10"><span class="content">Who will lead me to Edom?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.108.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.108.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Is it not you, God, you who have rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.108.11"><span class="content">and no longer go out with our armies?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.108.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.108.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Give us aid against the enemy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.108.12"><span class="content">for human help is worthless.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.108.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.108.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">With God we will gain the victory,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.108.13"><span class="content">and he will trample down our enemies.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">109</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 109</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">My God, whom I praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"><span class="content">do not remain silent,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.109.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">for people who are wicked and deceitful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">have opened their mouths against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"><span class="content">they have spoken against me with lying tongues.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.109.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">With words of hatred they surround me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"><span class="content">they attack me without cause.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.109.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">In return for my friendship they accuse me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"><span class="content">but I am a man of prayer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.109.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">They repay me evil for good,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"><span class="content">and hatred for my friendship.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.109.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Appoint someone evil to oppose my enemy;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"><span class="content">let an accuser stand at his right hand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.109.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">When he is tried, let him be found guilty,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"><span class="content">and may his prayers condemn him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.109.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">May his days be few;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"><span class="content">may another take his place of leadership.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PSA.109.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">May his children be fatherless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"><span class="content">and his wife a widow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PSA.109.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">May his children be wandering beggars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"><span class="content">may they be driven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">109:10 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">sought</span></span></span><span class="content"> from their ruined homes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PSA.109.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">May a creditor seize all he has;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"><span class="content">may strangers plunder the fruits of his labor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PSA.109.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">May no one extend kindness to him</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"><span class="content">or take pity on his fatherless children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PSA.109.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">May his descendants be cut off,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"><span class="content">their names blotted out from the next generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PSA.109.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">May the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"><span class="content">may the sin of his mother never be blotted out.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PSA.109.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">May their sins always remain before the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"><span class="content">that he may blot out their name from the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PSA.109.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">For he never thought of doing a kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">but hounded to death the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"><span class="content">and the needy and the brokenhearted.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PSA.109.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">He loved to pronounce a curse&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it come back on him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">He found no pleasure in blessing&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"><span class="content">may it be far from him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PSA.109.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">He wore cursing as his garment;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">it entered into his body like water,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"><span class="content">into his bones like oil.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PSA.109.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">May it be like a cloak wrapped about him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"><span class="content">like a belt tied forever around him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PSA.109.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">May this be the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s payment to my accusers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"><span class="content">to those who speak evil of me.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PSA.109.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But you, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">help me for your name&#8217;s sake;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"><span class="content">out of the goodness of your love, deliver me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PSA.109.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">For I am poor and needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"><span class="content">and my heart is wounded within me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PSA.109.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">I fade away like an evening shadow;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"><span class="content">I am shaken off like a locust.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PSA.109.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">My knees give way from fasting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"><span class="content">my body is thin and gaunt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PSA.109.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">I am an object of scorn to my accusers;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"><span class="content">when they see me, they shake their heads.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PSA.109.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Help me, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"><span class="content">save me according to your unfailing love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PSA.109.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Let them know that it is your hand,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"><span class="content">that you, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, have done it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PSA.109.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">While they curse, may you bless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">may those who attack me be put to shame,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"><span class="content">but may your servant rejoice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PSA.109.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">May my accusers be clothed with disgrace</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"><span class="content">and wrapped in shame as in a cloak.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PSA.109.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">With my mouth I will greatly extol the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"><span class="content">in the great throng of worshipers I will praise him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PSA.109.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">For he stands at the right hand of the needy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PSA.109.31"><span class="content">to save their lives from those who would condemn them.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">110</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 110</span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">Of David. A psalm.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says to my lord:</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">110:1 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Lord</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">&#8220;Sit at my right hand</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">until I make your enemies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"><span class="content">a footstool for your feet.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.110.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> will extend your mighty scepter from Zion, saying,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Rule in the midst of your enemies!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.110.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your troops will be willing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">on your day of battle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">Arrayed in holy splendor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">your young men will come to you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"><span class="content">like dew from the morning&#8217;s womb.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">110:3 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.110.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has sworn</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">and will not change his mind:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">&#8220;You are a priest forever,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"><span class="content">in the order of Melchizedek.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.110.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">The Lord is at your right hand</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">110:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">My lord is at your right hand, <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"><span class="content">he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.110.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"><span class="content">and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.110.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">He will drink from a brook along the way,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">110:7 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PSA.110.7"><span class="content">and so he will lift his head high.</span></span></div>
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